A very interesting post from www.jihadwatch.org about Katy Perry's video referencing Islam. This follows this post about Barack Obama's Muslim Outreach coordinator. This follows this article about American energy independence and preventing money from going to hostile countries. For more about what you can do to get more involved click here and you can read two very interesting books HERE.

Muslims worldwide sign petition to ban “blasphemous” Katy Perry video from YouTube

By Robert Spencer    in blasphemy, free speech with 74 Comments

Another day, another Islamic assault on the freedom of speech and freedom of expression. The Islamic jihad against the freedom of speech is not being pursued by a “tiny minority of extremists,” but by huge and influential international organizations such as the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, aided and abetted by U.S. Leftists and Islamic supremacists such as the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations and Reza Aslan’s Aslan Media. Now a petition against the video above has over 35,000 signatures. At some point the West is going to have to remember why the freedom of speech is important and move to protect and defend it, or submit to this tyranny and accept Sharia blasphemy restrictions. At this point, the latter option looks much more likely. And in this particular case, the smart money is on Katy Perry, an addled PC Leftist and former consort of the execrable jihad enabler Russell Brand, apologizing and editing the video to remove the Offense to Islam.
“Muslims Worldwide Sign Petition To Ban Blasphemous Katy Perry Video From YouTube (Video),” by Sarah Fruchtnicht for Opposing Views, February 25:

A petition to ban Katy Perry’s “blasphemous” music video “Dark Horse” from Youtube has more than 35,000 signatures.
Released on YouTube Feb. 20, Perry’s video, set in ancient Egypt, shows a man wearing an Allah pendant gradually disintegrating into a pile of sand.
“Such goes to show, that blasphemy is clearly conveyed in the video, since Katy Perry (who appears to be representing an opposition of God) engulfs the believer and the word God in flames,” says the Change.org petition.
“This is the reason for lodging the petition so that people from different walks of life, different religions and from different parts of the world agree that the video promotes blasphemy, using the name of God in an irrelevant and distasteful manner would be considered inappropriate by any religion,” it states.
Supporters of the ban appear to be from all over the world.
“We are Muslims and that is Allah’s name on his neck and she burns it that’s great disrespect to Islam yet these lot say we are the bad ones well hah shame on these people,” wrote Nida Ahmed of the United Kingdom.
“I am a Muslim and I find this highly disrespectful and inappropriate,” wrote Reena Mikaeel of Singapore.
Ghallil Almahdaoui of the Netherlands wrote, “1:15 shows a man being burned with the sign of the most beautiful religion in history and future.”
Perry has not responded to the petition. She has garnered criticism in the past for cultural insensitivity, when she performed at the 2013 American Music Awards dressed as a geisha.

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Dark Horse

I wanted to let you know about this book that came out this year. It does show the problems that getting involved in politics can lead to, in a somewhat entertaining way. One of the main problems is that people do seem to have to compromise their principles to win elections, especially in a party politics system. Of course, our own church does publish some booklets that talk about the coming King of Kings who won't have to be dependant upon anyone for electoral favors such as this booklet
http://www.gnmagazine.org/booklets/JC/ which is well worth rereading again if you haven't in a while. Anyway, the book I wanted to let you know about is reviewed below if you are interested in it.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191865776&referer=brief_results
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
A Look Behind the Curtain,
By
Bill Wood "Perimeter reader" (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
Dark Horse is a fast paced story that could have been easily lifted from newspapers or right off of the network news programs. Although it was a little challenging at the very beginning, probably due to the reader being dropped into the middle of a political process with a large cast of characters, Once you sort out the players the payoff is worthwhile. Ralph Reed has been involved in bare knuckled politics for many years. It is obvious from the tags for this book, that he continues to be a lightening rod of vitriol from his political adversaries. I suppose success brings both adoration and vilification. Notwithstanding all of that, Dark Horse is a fun read, in the way that Bill Buckley's Blackford Oakes series are fun to read. One gets the sense that as this story unfolds the reader is treated to a behind the scenes look at the intrigue of a national campaign. Who better to let us in on that than one who has been in the center of many political storms over the years. Though Reed portrays politicians and religious leaders reasonably realistically, every one appears to be brawlers when the gloves come off in the heat of the battle. it is easy to imagine that much of the story was drawn from Reed's experience as a consultant in the political process and a former candidate for office himself. That little touch of realism makes the story that much more interesting. If you are looking for a fun read with a little constitutional education and political drama, Dark Horse fits the bill. For the aspiring young politico, Dark Horse captures the heat and emotion and does so in a manner that one would not mind their kids picking up the book and reading it. Hopefully Ralph will give us another book in the no so distant future that extends the story line of some of the interesting characters we have met in this book. And another review is here http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RebeccaHagelin/2008/06/19/bet_on_this_dark_horse